Howdy! Welcome to Day 1 of Blogtober 2022. As soon as once more, I’m going to present it a go however no guarantees about how lengthy I’ll final! I’m beginning off loosely utilizing the steered prompts within the Blogtober Fb Group. Day 1 was meant to be “10 Belongings you Don’t Know About Me”. I’m making it simpler (and faster!) for myself by altering it to a fast random ten issues about me submit, so learn on to seek out out extra:
Ten Issues About Me
- My title is Claire! My first title was partly impressed by Gilbert O’Sullivan;s 1972 single, Clair. Take heed to it beneath in case you like. My beautiful Mum and sisters sometimes nonetheless burst out singing it to me to at the present time. My center title is Elizabeth as a result of I used to be born on the late Queen Mom’s eightieth birthday. I wrote to inform the Queen Mom this necessary reality and acquired a stunning reply.
2. I prefer to be alone. From a younger age, I used to be a loner, preferring to learn and write than be round a lot of folks. Once I’m with folks, I’m blissful too in fact however I discover it very tiring so I do look ahead to these uncommon quiet occasions alone after I can lastly chill out too! I’m positive I’ll discover it unusual when the children are older and I do have extra time alone, it will likely be attention-grabbing to see what I say then!
3. I really like elephants. They’re such intelligent and particular creatures. I used to have an enormous assortment of cuddly and decorative elephants. Now, though I don’t add to my assortment anymore, I nonetheless usually take into consideration them, they’re all the time in my coronary heart. I actually hope I get the possibility to volunteer at an elephant sanctuary when the children are older. That will likely be a dream come true.
4. I’m undoubtedly extra of an evening owl than an early chook. However in fact, actual life means I’ve to stand up early so I simply survive on little or no sleep. I’m making an attempt to work on going to mattress earlier than midnight (she says as she writes this at gone midnight…) however I’m not doing very properly!
5. I’ve 4 youngsters from ages 10 to 19. Individuals warn you when you could have a child that it’s going to go shortly however I look again now and might’t consider how briskly these child and early years went. I really like these tweens, tweens and younger adults to bits and I’m trying ahead to the longer term with them however I believe there’ll all the time be part of me trying again wistfully (with rose-tinted glasses?) on these early years collectively.
6. I believe the primary my youthful sister knew about Dave and me getting collectively was when a boy in her college instructed her; “I noticed your sister kissing a boy with lengthy hair within the alley final night time!” Haha! It may have been worse! Additionally, that sums up the place I reside and the place everybody is aware of your personal enterprise earlier than you realize your self. Over 22 years later and I’m blissful to say I’m nonetheless with that beautiful boy with lengthy hair, however we undoubtedly don’t kiss in alleys sufficient in the mean time!
7. Speaking of which, I really like the place I reside, Pembrokeshire, and I’m proud to come back from Wales. However, I’d really feel happy with wherever I got here from. Once I lived in Manchester as a pupil, I liked it there too. There are good and dangerous elements to most locations and I simply select to search for and profit from the great.
8. My Dad died when he was 49 and in order that quantity is commonly on my thoughts. It appears to come back up in my life day by day, in fact, I do know it’s simply because I discover it as a result of it’s a major quantity to us. I discovered it very unusual to see Dave turning 49 this yr and I do know it will likely be even stranger when my older sister, after which myself and youthful sister attain this milestone too. As I become older, I realise simply how younger he was to die then and I’m very conscious that rising older is a privilege.
9. I’m very shortsighted. I began sporting glasses on the age of 9, in junior college. It’s humorous, I didn’t realise that I wanted glasses however I used to be very excited after I was instructed that I wanted them. Once I wore them to high school for the primary time I used to be shocked to have the ability to learn the writing on the board and to learn the music phrases on the overhead projector. I’d all the time questioned how everybody else may learn the phrases! Oops! These days, I put on contact lenses however nonetheless consider myself as a glasses wearer because it was such a protracted a part of my life (and I’m positive will likely be once more after I’m older). My three daughters all put on glasses and after I take part moaning about glasses steaming up and so on, they shout at me “However you don’t put on glasses, Mum!” Sorry, ladies!
10. I like to be on the seashore or within the woods. When the children have been youthful we’d all the time do each each day. Now with college, work and golf equipment we regularly don’t have (or make!) time throughout the week and by the weekend I’m desperately needing to be in my blissful place to clear my thoughts. I actually need to try to make the time…
Now inform me one thing about you! Are you becoming a member of in with Blogtober 2022? Let me know within the feedback!
